Food spices for my grocery shop

David

Mombasa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

David

Member since

December 2014

On-time repayments

214 installments  •  77%

About Me

My name is David Musee, born and bred in Machakos County near Nairobi. I was a born in a family of seven and I am the first born. Machakos is a semi arid area and the main activity there is cattle rearing. Due to the harsh climatic conditions the pastrolists keep poor quality indigenous breed and they don’t make much from this activity.

I spent my childhood looking after by father’s cattle as was the norm them. I also attended school for my primary and secondary school before moving to Mombasa in an effort to break the yoke of poverty back home.

I came to Mombasa about 25 years ago and I was lucky enough to get a job in a food processing factory. I worked there for 11 years while making savings and learning skills that would come in handy when I started a similar business of my own later.
I am happily married with three children all who are in school.

My Business

My business deals with selling of food spices, food colors and flavours. I have been running this business for a long time and I do it with help of my brother, my wife and some casuals. I buy spices like cumin, cloves, pepper etc from farmers then dry and later ground them to fine form for sale to wholesalers and retail outlets.

There is always a ready market in Mombasa due to its large population of locals who like to put strong spices in their delicacies. There is also a huge market in the neighboring countries but I am yet to venture there due to financial constraints which have limited me to just serving the local market. I hope to create confidence with Zidisha lenders and with time get a good enough credit to enable me expand my business territory.

I make a net profit of $400 per month but this can easily go up if I am given a financial credit backing which I have lacked for a long time.

Loan Proposal

We are now in high tourist season in Mombasa city. This has led to an upsurge in demand for food items to cater for the large number of tourists visiting the area. I will buy an assortment of spices like cinnamon, cloves, chilli and pepper. I will also buy ginger and garlic. All these items are in high demand and I expect to do a good business in the next few months.

I will use about USD 450 to buy the items and the balance will cater for transport and other small expenses.

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  • harriet    Mar 29, 2018

    Very speedy repayment!! All the best in your tasty future! :) i like chilli sauce.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$361.00

Date disbursed

Sep 1, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

61 months

Lenders

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$379.04

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Jul 13, 2017

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Sep 12, 2016 $3.02 Sep 24, 2016 $3.02
Sep 19, 2016 $0.00
Sep 26, 2016 $1.01 Oct 7, 2016 $1.01
Oct 3, 2016 $1.01 Oct 7, 2016 $0.76
Oct 14, 2016 $0.25
Oct 10, 2016 $1.01 Oct 14, 2016 $1.01
Oct 17, 2016 $1.01 Oct 14, 2016 $1.01
Oct 24, 2016 $1.01 Oct 14, 2016 $0.76
Nov 10, 2016 $0.25
Oct 31, 2016 $1.01 Nov 10, 2016 $1.01
Nov 7, 2016 $1.01 Nov 10, 2016 $1.01
Nov 14, 2016 $1.01 Nov 10, 2016 $1.01
Nov 21, 2016 $1.01 Nov 10, 2016 $1.01
Nov 28, 2016 $1.01 Nov 10, 2016 $1.01
Dec 5, 2016 $1.01 Nov 10, 2016 $0.76
Dec 23, 2016 $0.25
Dec 12, 2016 $1.01 Dec 23, 2016 $0.76
Dec 23, 2016 $0.25
Dec 19, 2016 $1.01 Dec 23, 2016 $0.65
Jan 6, 2017 $0.35
Dec 26, 2016 $1.01 Jan 6, 2017 $0.65
Jan 12, 2017 $0.35
Jan 2, 2017 $1.01 Jan 12, 2017 $0.65
Jan 19, 2017 $0.35
Jan 9, 2017 $1.01 Jan 19, 2017 $0.65
Jan 26, 2017 $0.35
Jan 16, 2017 $1.01 Jan 26, 2017 $0.65
Feb 2, 2017 $0.35
Jan 23, 2017 $1.01 Feb 2, 2017 $0.65
Feb 9, 2017 $0.35
Jan 30, 2017 $1.01 Feb 9, 2017 $0.65
Feb 16, 2017 $0.35
Feb 6, 2017 $1.01 Feb 16, 2017 $0.65
Feb 23, 2017 $0.35
Feb 13, 2017 $1.01 Feb 23, 2017 $0.65
Mar 2, 2017 $0.35
Feb 20, 2017 $1.01 Mar 2, 2017 $0.65
Mar 9, 2017 $0.35
Feb 27, 2017 $1.01 Mar 9, 2017 $0.65
Mar 16, 2017 $0.35
Mar 6, 2017 $1.01 Mar 16, 2017 $0.65
Mar 23, 2017 $0.35
Mar 13, 2017 $1.01 Mar 23, 2017 $0.65
Mar 30, 2017 $0.35
Mar 20, 2017 $1.01 Mar 30, 2017 $0.65
Mar 30, 2017 $0.35
Mar 27, 2017 $1.01 Mar 30, 2017 $0.65
Apr 13, 2017 $0.35
Apr 3, 2017 $1.01 Apr 13, 2017 $0.65
Apr 20, 2017 $0.35
Apr 10, 2017 $1.01 Apr 20, 2017 $0.65
Apr 27, 2017 $0.35
Apr 17, 2017 $1.01 Apr 27, 2017 $0.65
May 4, 2017 $0.35
Apr 24, 2017 $1.01 May 4, 2017 $0.65
May 11, 2017 $0.35
May 1, 2017 $1.01 May 11, 2017 $0.65
May 11, 2017 $0.35
May 8, 2017 $1.01 May 11, 2017 $0.15
May 18, 2017 $0.86
May 15, 2017 $1.01 May 18, 2017 $0.15
May 18, 2017 $0.86
May 22, 2017 $1.01 May 18, 2017 $0.15
Jun 1, 2017 $0.86
May 29, 2017 $1.01 Jun 1, 2017 $0.15
Jun 1, 2017 $0.86
Jun 5, 2017 $1.01 Jun 1, 2017 $0.15
Jun 9, 2017 $0.86
Jun 12, 2017 $1.01 Jun 9, 2017 $0.15
Jun 29, 2017 $0.86
Jun 19, 2017 $1.01 Jun 29, 2017 $0.15
Jun 29, 2017 $0.86
Jun 26, 2017 $1.01 Jun 29, 2017 $0.15
Jul 6, 2017 $0.86
Jul 3, 2017 $1.01 Jul 6, 2017 $0.15
Jul 13, 2017 $0.86
Jul 10, 2017 $1.01 Jul 13, 2017 $1.01
Jul 17, 2017 $1.01 Jul 13, 2017 $1.01
Jul 24, 2017 $1.01 Jul 13, 2017 $1.01
Jul 31, 2017 $1.01 Jul 13, 2017 $1.01
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